Fire fighting medal
The medal for fire fighting ( Romanian Medalia pentru paza contra incendiilor ) was a state award of the People's Republic of Romania . It was founded on December 7, 1955 by Decree No. 530 of the Council of State ( Consiliul de stat ). The statutes were published in the Romanian State Gazette ( Buletinul oficial ) No. 32. The one-class medal was awarded to military and civil fire service members as well as to citizens who had made a contribution to the prevention and fighting of fires.
Appearance and wearing style
The bronze medal shows the image of a fire engine in front of a building on its obverse . The lower third of the medal is dominated by two tied branches, the left a laurel branch and the right an oak branch . The two branches are connected at their crossing point by a red enameled five-pointed star. The lapel of the medal shows a cog in the middle and a torch, behind which two diagonally crossed fire brigade axes can be seen. Four ears of wheat can be seen in front of the gear wheel, two of which bend to the left and two to the right. In the foreground rests on an open book. This picture was surrounded by the semicircular inscription until 1966: PENTRU PAZA CONTRA INCENDIILOR (below) and the abbreviation RPR (Republica Populară Română, German People's Republic of Romania). After changing the form of government in 1966, the abbreviation was RSR (Republica Socialistă Română, German Socialist Republic of Romania). The medal was worn on a pentagonal clasp. The ribbon is purple and has two black central stripes, each 1 mm wide. The hem is formed by 3 mm wide black edge strips.
See also
literature
- Rainer Schmitt, with Astridt Raaber and Octavian Dogariu: The Awards of the People's Republic and the Socialist Republic of Romania 1948-1989. Phaleristischer Verlag Michael Autengruber, Konstanz 2001, ISBN 3-936529-78-7 , p. 47.